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Silvery

/ˈsɪlvəɹi/

Resembling silver in color, shiny white.

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📖 Definitions of "Silvery"

adjective

1
Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
2
Sprinkled or covered with silver.
3
Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.
"a silvery laugh"

🔄 Synonyms of "Silvery"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
brightnoun	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
achromatic	(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
silvernoun	(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
euphonious	Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
silvern	(literary) Made of silver; resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
euphonous	Synonym of euphonious.
silverish	Somewhat silver in colour.
argentnoun	Of silver or silver-coloured.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Silvery"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
silvernnoun	(literary) Made of silver; resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
silverish	Somewhat silver in colour.
argent	Of silver or silver-coloured.
silvernoun	(uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
colorless	US standard spelling of colourless. [Having little or no colour.]
achromatic	(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
bright	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
euphonous	Synonym of euphonious.
euphonious	Of sounds, especially speech: demonstrating or possessing euphony; agreeable to the ear; pleasant-sounding.
whitenoun	Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
peritoneumnoun	(anatomy) In mammals, the serous membrane lining the cavity of the abdomen and that is folded over the viscera.
herringnoun	A type of small, oily fish of the genus Clupea, often used as food.
cohonoun	An anadromus and semelparous salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the coastal regions of the northern Pacific Ocean, used as a symbol by several Native American tribes.
money	(US, slang) Cool; excellent.
shinynoun	Reflecting light.
argentinenoun	Containing or resembling silver.
silvered	Coated with silver, made reflective or shiny by application of metal.
glisteningnoun	The appearance of something that glistens.
burnished	Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
glossynoun	Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.